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Game Hunting: 2 Flea Markets = Dragon’s Lair Deluxe Pack

I had a great time at the local swap meets (flea markets) this weekend and found some great retro gaming loot. I’d say my favorite find for the weekend was the Dragon’s Lair Deluxe Pack for PC. This gem not only contains Dragon’s Lair I & II + Space Ace, but it’s a fantastic example of video game box art at it’s best. I don’t collect computer games, so I’ll probably be listing this one on eBay…but not until after I try to play through it first.

I’m trying something a little new. Since I track all my purchases, I figured I’d share out the lists below for those of you who are more into text than photos. enjoy!

Swap Meet #1:

SYSTEM ITEM/GAME
DREAMCAST 4×4 Evo
DREAMCAST Airforce Delta
DREAMCAST Coaster Works
MISC 6x Rolls of Packing Tape
MISC Admission to Swap Meet
MISC Business Cards for Printing
N64 Banjo-Kazooie
N64 Lego Racers
N64 Ms. Pac-Man
NES Mendel Palace
PS1 Psone System + 5 Games
PS2 Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance
PS2 Dance Factory Sealed
SNES 2x SNES Power Adapters
SNES 4x SNES Manuals
SNES AV Cable
SNES Generic SNES Controller
SNES SNES Controller
SNES Super Mario Kart Manual
TSHIRT 6x Tshirts
XBOX Fable Disc
XBOX Halo 1 Complete
XBOX Halo 1 Loose
XBOX Halo 2 Complete
XBOX Karaoke Revolution Party
XBOX Unreal II

Swap Meet #2:

SYSTEM ITEM/GAME
GAMEBOY Track Meet
GENESIS Maximum Carnage (w manual)
GENESIS Tinhead
GENESIS Rocket Knight Adventures
MISC Admission to Swap Meet
PC Dragon’s Lair Deluxe Pack
PS1 Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2 (sealed)
PS1 Dance Dance Revolution Konamix
PS2 Destroy All Humans!
PS2 Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3 (sealed)
PS3 Batman Arkham Asylum
SNES Head-On Soccer
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Rare Gaming & Collectible Stuff on eBay: Promo Signs, Custom Lego Units, Mario Alarm Clock

Here are some of the listings that caught my eye on eBay this week.  …figured I’d share the gaming/collecting love.

Gaming + Legos

I was a fan of Lego Star Wars, but by the time Lego Indiana Jones & Batman hit, I was over it.  Even if you’re also sick of seeing Lego’s overused in gaming, eBay seller 2gangblank should put a smile on your face.  Just for reference, each of the systems he built out of Legos NES, Game Boy, PS2, Xbox 360 are non functional.  The NES below for example was built out of 23 bricks.  They’re mini dummy systems but, none the less, cleverly constructed.

Video Game Promo Signs

Apparently, a $200.00 USD Buy-it-Now seems to be the magic number for video game signs these days.  Check out these sweet gems:

Official Nintendo 64 Signage
Nintendo/Gamebo?y Adavnce Lighted Display Sign
Rare ?? or scarce Nice Neon Nintendo Gameboy Sign (Ended April 1, 2010 at $199.99 USD)

Sony PlayStatio?n 2 Lighted Sign
Sony PlayStatio?n Light Display Sign NICE!!!
Gold color sign board of Nintendo Entertainm?ent These Japanese Nintendo signs seem to be popping up on eBay lately. (Ended April 9, 2010 at $199.00 USD)
Nintendo Zelda Twilight Princess Standee Store Display!

Random Collectibles & Gaming Stuff

Nintendo Zelda LOZ Donkey Kong DK Employee Pin Rare (Ended April 6, 2010 at $42.50 USD)
HTF Q BERT SERVING TRAY ARCADE VIDEO GAME Q*BERT NR This seller “kimers” has a number of other interesting collectibles up as well. (Ended April 1, 2010 at $11.50 USD)
Super Mario bros ALARM CLOCK nintendo vintage old rare (Ended April 1, 2010 at $63.00 USD)
ATARI CORPORATION 1994 ANNUAL REPORT JAGUAR (Ended April 1, 2010 at $50.95 USD)
Super Mario bros PROMO TIE nintendo nes vintage RARE !! (Ended April 1, 2010 at $41.00 USD)
Nintendo 64 N64 + 36 Games + CD Drive Conker Zelda Rare (Ended April 2, 2010 at $405.00 USD)

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Rare Video Games & Collectibles on eBay: Super Mario Bros. Cheez Whiz & Nintendo World Championships Gray Cart

Figured it’s time to post some of the retro video game radness that I’m watching on eBay this week.  Seems my theme this week is vintage Nintendo merchandise.  Happy eBaying!

A Super-Uber-Doober Rare Game

Nintendo World Championships NES (No. 0122) NTSC RARE Everthing about this listing looks ok to me except for the sellers explanation of how he got the games:  “I bought a package about 40 nes games (ntsc) with console from ebay.com 6 years ago. Now I have seen that one of this games is very rare. In the package there was Stadium Events NTSC, too.” (Update, the listing seems to have been taken down…must have been something fishy.)

Video Game Promo Items & Merchandise

ULTRA RARE Nintendo Super Mario Cheez Whiz Jar 1989 I don’t know what’s more shocking, seeing Mario full of cheez whiz or realizing that cheez whiz doesn’t always come in a can… (Ended April 18, 2010 at $124.99 USD)

1990 Nintendo Super Mario Bros Princess Shampoo Bottle (Ended March 20, 2010 at $32.00 USD)

super mario bros play 20 nintendo NES water game rare

* nintendo nes super mario brothers UNO card set new *. (Ended March 21, 2010 at $14.29 USD)

* nintendo nes super mario brothers DOMINOES set new * (Ended March 21, 2010 at $13.00 USD)

* nintendo nes super mario zelda link YO YO very rare * (Ended March 21, 2010 at $9.27 USD)

VINTAGE 1985 NINTENDO WORLD CHAMPION SWEATSUIT JACKET Not sure if this is a reproduction or is really vintage, but it certainly looks cool.

Aladdin Nintendo Power Super Mario Zelda Lunch Box 1989

Nitendo-Super Mario Bro`1988`Plastic Thermos vintage

NINTENDO SUPER MARIO BROS 3 WALKIE TALKIE VINTAGE RARE (Ended March 21, 2010 at $23.00 USD)

Vintage World of Nintendo Fiber Optic Store Sign! (Ended March 23, 2010 at $401.50 USD)

playstation 2 neon sign (Ended March 24, 2010 at $187.50 USD)

Nintendo Super Mario 64 Flash Plastic Vintage Camera

Super Mario Bros Art & Bling

10K YELLOW GOLD CANARY DIAMOND SUPER MARIO PENDANT MENS (Ended March 20, 2010 at $2,600.00 USD)

SUPER MARIO BROS PIPE MONSTER hand-blown art glass 1off

mario painting nomnomnom original art nintendo (Ended March 20, 2010 at $23.50 USD)

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Rare Video Games & Collectibles on eBay: Sega Channel, Dot Hack Collection, Atari Lynx Protos

Here’s are some rare video game auctions that have popped up on eBay.  I’ll be watching these with the natural curiosity of a retro gamer & collector.

  • Sega Channel adaptor for Sega Genesis RARE I’m excited to finally see a Sega Channel adapter appear on eBay!  I picked up one of these at the local Flea Market back in October 2009, and I’ve been curious to find out what mine’s worth.  Check my October blog post for more info if you’ve never heard of this rare piece of vintage gaming history.  In summary though, it allowed users to download video games on demand to their Sega Genesis back in 1994!  That’s before the internet boom!
  • Dot Hack Rare Limited Edition Collection If you’re a fan of the .hack games…here’s a lot to drool over.

  • Rage of the Dragons US Neo Geo AES Very Rare! Already at $315.00 USD with 6 days to go on the auction, this game is worth a pretty penny. (Ended Feb. 7, 2010 at $790.00 USD)
  • Atari Lynx Prototype-Lemmings
  • Atari Lynx Prototype-Battlezone 2000

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My Rare Video Game Finds: Atari Super Pong, Fatal Fury Special, Tropical Trouble

I love hunting for retro video games.  I’d say I enjoy it more than playing them…and possibly even more than collecting them.  I’m not sure why, but the joy of finding a needle in the haystack of flea market crap and getting the games for a great price is hugely satisfying to me.  Anyway, here are my finds from the last two weekends of hunting at the local flea market.

A few highlights…

  • Atari Super Pong System:  Sure enough this thing started right up…not bad since it was made in 1976!  I was about to list this on eBay when my girlfriend insisted it stay in the collection…great girlfriend!
  • Internation Superstar Soccer Deluxe (SNES):  Picked up this rare game (well…tarnished gem with some label wear) for my personal collection for $15.
  • “Super 8” Movie Collection:  Ok, I don’t know anything about 8 mm film, but I couldn’t pass these up.  Tarzan in the She-Devil, Zorro’s Suicide Express, Little Rascals Spooky Hooky, etc. Even if none of them worked, the covers alone would make awesome art pieces.
  • Fatal Fury Special (Game Gear):  My buddy had a Game Gear growing up.  I didn’t like it then, and I’m not interested in collecting it now.  However, since most of the games have very little value, I know it’s an easy system for other people to collect.  It turns out that Fatal Fury Special is one of the few games of value for the system, so that made a great find for me to pass along to someone’s collection.  
  • Tropical Trouble & A LOT of Other Intellivision Games:  Tropical Trouble simply has some of the best label art of any video game I’ve ever seen!
  • Baldur’s Gate Dark Alliance II:  It’s always great to be looking through a folder of loose games and to find a gem.  Sure enough one seller had both of the Baldur’s Gate Playstation 2 games.
  • VMIGO System:  Every now and then curiosity gets the best of me.  When I saw this at the Flea Market, I had no idea what it was other than that it looks like a decently made weird little video game system. For $3, I couldn’t pass up.  It turns out that you use it to raise a virtual pet.  Best part is that the VMIGO portable pet “Game Boy” unit also functions as a pedometer.  It gives kids points for exercising!  lol  Expect to see this in my eBay store starting at a penny bid soon. ha ha

I had fun hunting for vintage gaming stuff.  Sure enough, I found a few rares for a good price.  That puts a few things into my collection and hopefully means that fellow collectors can find something for their own collections once I get it all listed on the GamesOgre eBay Store!  In the meantime, check out the rest of my photos below.  Happy collecting & retro gaming!

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Retro Gaming Holiday Sales

Black Friday Sales for Retro Gamers?

Everyone knows about the sales offered on current generation video games, but maybe you’re an old-school gamer and are more interested in retro gaming & collecting.  Here’s a list of the sales I’ve come across for vintage video games like the original 8-bit Nintendo, Sega Genesis, Atari, etc.:

GamesOgre.net eBay Store

On top of these sales, take an additional 8% off using Bing.com (Yeah, that means 15% becomes 23%!).  Check out my YouTube walkthrough if you haven’t done this before:

J2Games.com

20% off any games & systems in stock with promo code “Holiday09”

LukieGames.com

Goodwill

50% off storewide sale!  Might as well go to the source for vintage gaming & other retro radness since most of us have a Goodwill in our area.

Goodwill-Half-Off-Sale
Check the Goodwill Store Locator to verify the sale for your area.

Other Retro Gaming Deals?

Know of any other retro video game sales?  Please comment or e-mail me.  Happy holidays, collecting, and retro gaming!

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Rare Video Game Stuff on eBay: Atari Music Machine, Super Star Fox Weekend Jacket, NES Promotional Rep Items and Other Collectibles

Currently on eBay:

The Music Machine (for Atari 2600) Insanely rare and sealed!

* RARE Nintendo Star Fox Super Weekend Jacket and Pen *

Nintendo World Championship VIP Guest Sticker 1990 Quite yellowed with age, but an interesting find.

The Simpsons Hit & Run Video Game Promotional Ball Cap Pretty cheap and cool looking.  The seller is only asking about $14.00 USD including s/h.

110 in 1 for NES very rare and great games Good ole’ NES multi-carts

You’ve got to see this stuff: eBay seller thethingsifind has an incredible number of auctions up for Nintendo collectibles and promotional items that were given to NES reps.  Definitely take a look at these if you’re a Nintendo collector. Here are a few examples:

Nintendo Prototype Transparency Package Sample Rare

Nintendo Employee Coffee Mug Pen Lot Rare Original MINT

Nintendo Store Sign Display LOT Pokemon Banjo Rare MINT

This guy has a ton more interesting stuff up.  Check out his other Nintendo video game collectibles here.

Interesting auctions that recently ended on eBay:

Stadium Mud Buggies – rare Intellivision game (Sold on eBay for $310 USD on Oct 25, 2009)

SONY PLAYSTATION 2 Development TOOL PS2 DEV KIT RARE (Sold on eBay for $697 USD on Oct 27, 2009)

1983 Don Bluth Animation Flip Book Dragon’s Lair (Sold on eBay for $13.48 USD on Oct. 26, 2009)

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Rare Video Game Hunting: SNES Triax Turbo 360 Controller, Game Boy Colorizer, etc

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Here’s the loot I pulled in from video game hunting at a local flea market the weekend of October 24.  The lot of boxed Atari games was a good find.  Plus, it was great to find a couple copies of Star Wars Battlefront II, some N64 GameSharks, and some great NES games (2x Ice Climbers!).

However, what I’m really excited about here is my new Triax Turbo Touch 360 controller for the SNES Super Nintendo!  This thing is simply hilarious.  Rather than a traditional d-pad, it used a pressure sensitive touch system that was supposed to be able to detect movement anywhere.  Naturally for such an early version of this technology, it was a huge failure.  What’s super ironic here is that Apple not only seems to have borrowed this technology for their iPod click-wheel, but they also seem to have cloned Turbo Touch 360 commercials for their I’m-an-Apple…PC-is-a-lame-o commercials.  Check out this video to see what I mean:

By the way, this Turbo Touch 360 is going into my collection.  They’re pretty cheap to pick up on eBay…or here are some Triax Turbo Touch 360 Super Nintendo SNES Controllers on Amazon starting at $9.00 USD.  Nothing like owning a little piece of retro Super Nintendo history. 🙂

Brainboy-Colorizer-Game-BoyAlso of interest is a “Brainboy Colorizer” by Pelican.  Apparently this rad little piece of plastic is supposed to add color to black & white games as well has having the ability to back up the saves of your favorite Game Boy games!  I love finding weird little accessories like this…plus I’m always amazed that after 15 years of sitting in someone’s garage or attic that I can bring them home and get them to work first try.

GamesOgre-eBay-Store

As always, if you see something you’re interested in from my retro video game treasure hunting, feel free to check out my eBay store as most of it has been listed there.  Happy retro gaming, collecting, and eBaying!